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Originally Posted by FlamingLonghorn
Qualify that statement. How did Brodie excel against very tough competition vs. Larsson not excelling? Brodie scored more points, sure, but he was only a +4 on a much better offensive team. Or does Brodie get to blame his goaltending, but Larsson doesn't get to blame his terrible forwards for his lack of points. Larsson was +15 on the worst scoring team in the NHL. Seems to me that he did pretty good. Also started in the defensive zone 70% of the time. The worst in the NHL. Brodie was 50%.
Edit; Want to clarify that I think Brodie > Larsson, but i have a feeling most people saying that Larsson isn't that great have never seen him play.
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Brodie is miles ahead of him. And if you're going to make statements like "people saying that Larsson isn't that great have never seen him play", you're just going to get laughed at.
As to the stats - look them up. Giordano and Brodie face some of the toughest competition in the league, have some of the worst zone starts, and yet produce at an elite level. And they have been doing that for about three years.
That is the definition of elite.
Larsson averages one
shot per game.